National Campus Compact and External Awards

The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Through service, research, and advocacy, Newman Civic Fellows are making the most of their college experiences to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change. These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can—and does—play in building a better world. The Newman Civic Fellows Awards are made possible through the generous support of the KPMG Foundation.

The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member (post-tenure or middle-to-late career at institutions without tenure) each year. Honorees (who must be affiliated with a Campus Compact member institution) are recognized for exemplary engaged scholarship, including leadership in advancing students’ civic learning, conducting community-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional commitments to service-learning and civic engagement, and other means of enhancing higher education’s contributions to the public good. The award — previously known as the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning — is named in honor of Thomas Ehrlich, former chair of the Campus Compact board of directors and president emeritus of Indiana University.

Hult Prize

HULT PRIZE FLAGSHIP COMPETITION – $1 Million Seed Funding Award
Each year, the Hult Prize team issues a big bold challenge aligned with a large market opportunity inspiring students from over 100 countries to solve it’s greatest problem.

HULT PRIZE ON CAMPUS – Hult Prize Ambassadors organize and educate their students in over 300 campuses around the world.

ADP Awards

The American Democracy Project annually recognizes and rewards leadership in civic engagement on our AASCU member campuses. The William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement is given to provosts, the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement recognizes early-career faculty and staff, and the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement honors exemplary faculty members who have more than five years of teaching experience on an AASCU campus. http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/awards/

The 2016 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award

The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others; and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning.

Grinnell Prize

Up to two $100,000 prizes will be presented to individuals less than 15 years out of their bachelor program who demonstrate leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. Half of the monetary prize will be given to the recipient (or shared between two recipients, in case of a shared prize) and half will be contributed to an organization designated by the winner. Nominees may be nationals of any country; no affiliation to Grinnell College is required. The program encourages a global and diverse pool of candidates.

New York Life Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards

The Washington Center’s New York Life Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards recognize institutions achieving breadth and depth of civic engagement through sustained and mutually transformational partnerships that define and address issues of public concern at any level from the local to the global.